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Your Sunday forecast: Warmer temperatures and more humidity

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HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – Humidity will begin to creep back into the Shenandoah Valley today and over the next few days. Temperatures and humidity will really increase the first of the week. Thunderstorm chances will also climb, with the best chance of storms coming on Tuesday.

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Here’s the WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Tonight: partly cloudy with a stray thunderstorm this evening, then fog late. Low 61. Winds northwest 3-6 mph.

Tomorrow: clouds and sun with a thunderstorm in parts of the area in the afternoon. Gusty winds can accompany any downpour. High 85. Winds north 4-8 mph.

Tomorrow night: increasing clouds. Low 68. Winds west-northwest 4-8 mph.

Tuesday: sunny spells with a heavy thunderstorm; humid. Thunderstorms can bring flooding downpours, hail and damaging wind gusts. High 83. Winds west-southwest 6-12 mph.

Wednesday: variable cloudiness. High 81. Winds north-northwest 4-8 mph.

Thursday: mostly sunny. High 82. Winds north-northwest 6-12 mph.

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